Ask Questions for Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XV! (Crystal Tower)

[Fuma]

How many bosses can we expect to see?

[Fuma]

Will there be a reduction in trash pulls before a boss? The trash before the first boss seemed entirely too long since it had no value added, if the trash had random low percentage drop rates that'd make it more interesting then to do these pulls.

[Fuma]

Will we finally be able to form a 24man raid? And will we be able to do so through party finder?

[Antanias]

Will the 2.3 iteration of Crystal Tower interact with the loot from Labyrinth of the Ancients in any way, shape, or form?

[Kiara]

To make Crystal Tower more relevant (and to provide more breadth of end-game content), are there any plans to make future Crystal Tower Gear be the same iLevel as Coil (provided the challenges are adjusted accordingly)?

[Leobein]

Would the mechanics for CT be similar to nyzul island in FFXI?

[Nova_Dresden]

Will this Crystal Tower portion have the same 1 item a week lockout that was extremely unpopular with the first portion?
If so, when will it be unlocked? Unlocking it when mythology unlocked was bad timing as I have not stepped foot in it since 2.2.

[Ozz]

The original CT was a disaster with people dropping out after farming a chest, and having to replenish and wait for more players. Can you make it so the loot is not distributed until the raid is completed to keep players in the raid and encourage them to stay.

[Mouldy]

Will there be any plans in the future or in this patch to implement a hard or extreme version of the crystal tower?

Some of the mechanics were very fun in the original CT however it felt like things such as hard dps checks scaled appropriately to those in the current top tier gear were virtually none existent. If we're going to be able to pre-form 24 man party's the content (If around the same difficulty of the other crystal tower) will become laughable and more like a weekly chore for those seeking to gain something of a challenge from the game. I think crystal tower is a great opportunity to add things for a community such as a free company or link shell to do; since if you can't do anything at the moment with more than 8 people.

[kaynide]

For the drops, any chance for CT accessories? (Ring of Light, for example)

If so, rather than RNG loot drops, any chance for CT specific tokens (not Tomestones) to get the exact item a player wants? Or perhaps a combination of tokens (ie get "Ring" + "Light Jewel" = trade in for "Ring of Light")